Q 01/05
A) ABC
B) NBC
C) CBS
D) Fox
Answer · why
It ran on Friday nights for five seasons; USA Network picked up the reruns in 1988.
Q 02/05
A) Philip Michael Thomas
B) Edward James Olmos
C) Mark Harmon
D) Don Johnson
Answer · why
NBC had doubts because of his string of failed pilots; creator Anthony Yerkovich read the scripts and blamed them, not the actor.
Q 03/05
A) Ricardo "Rico" Torres
B) Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs
C) Roberto "Rico" Tubbs
D) Ricky "Rico" Tabb
Answer · why
Thomas later voiced Lance Vance in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, the game the show inspired.
Q 04/05
A) Miami Beach Police
B) Florida Highway Patrol
C) Metro-Dade Police
D) The DEA's Miami office
Answer · why
Their vice squad offices hide behind the front of the Gold Coast Shipping building.
Q 05/05
A) The Chicago Police Department
B) The Boston Police Department
C) The US Marshals Service
D) The New York Police Department
Answer · why
He came south chasing Calderone, the drug lord who had his brother Rafael killed.
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